Earnhardt Jr. Takes NNS Pole At Atlanta

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Degree V12 300 with a lap of 31.840 seconds, 174.121 mph. This is his 10th pole in 113 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. Earnhardt’s last pole came on Aug. 27, 2004 at Bristol, 29 starts (175 races) ago.

Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2009 and his fifth in eight races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. David Ragan (third) posted his first top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Reed Sorenson and Kasey Kahne round out the top 5.